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1) COVID-19 Contact Tracing Coursera Quiz Answers
Get quiz answers for the course Covid-19 Contact Tracing on Coursera. All the final assessment questions and answers are included.
Question 1
From where did the SARS-CoV-2 virus emerge?
It was accidentally released from a laboratory
It is a bat virus that was able to infect humans
A gorilla with the virus bit a human
Question 2
Who is at increased risk for severe disease? Select all that apply
People aged 65 and over
People with high blood pressure (hypertension)
Young women aged 14-19
Children under the age of 12
People who are obese
People with diabetes
Question 3
COVID-19 is caused by the _____ virus.
Influenza
SARS-CoV-2
SARS-CoV
MERS-CoV
Question 4
Sometimes, people infected with SARS-CoV-2 never show signs or symptoms. This is called a(n) ____________ infection.
Asymptomatic
Pre-symptomatic
Symptomatic
Severe
Question 5
Which of the following are common signs and symptoms of COVID-19? Select all that apply
Full body rash
Sore throat
Muscle pain (myalgia)
Night sweats
Fever
Cough
Sudden weight loss
Question 6
Which of these COVID-19 symptoms require immediate and urgent care? Select all that apply
Blue lips or face
Sore throat
Muscle pain
New confusion or inability to arouse
Trouble breathing
Persistent pain or pressure in the chest
Headache
Fever
Question 7
The definition of infectious period is:
The time during which someone is sick with COVID-19 but does not know it yet
The time during which a person sick with COVID-19 can infect others
The time between infection with COVID-19 to the onset of symptoms
Question 8
Typically, someone with COVID-19 is contagious to others:
Usually only when they have severe illness
Only while they are showing signs and symptoms
In the 2 days before they develop symptoms and throughout their illness
Question 9
The most common test used to diagnose an active case of COVID-19 is:
A PCR test to look for viral RNA in blood
A PCR test to look for viral RNA in a nasal swab
A test to identify antibodies in blood
Question 10
If you had COVID-19, you would be most likely to infect:
Your spouse
Someone you passed on the street
Co-worker who sits in the office next door
Question 11
How SARS-CoV-2 is transmitted between people? Select all that apply
Ticks and spiders
Droplets from an infected person entering another person’s mouth, nose, or eyes
Droplets from an infected person landing on a floor, which another person then steps onto
Question 12
The incubation period of COVID-19 is:
Usually 14 days
Unpredictable and unknowable
Usually 2-3 days, with many lasting up to 7 days
Usually five days, but can be as short as two days and as long as 14 days
Question 13
Which of the following statements is true about contact tracing for COVID-19?
Identifying contacts before they become infectious is very difficult to do in such a short time. So contact tracing will not help stop COVID-19 transmission.
Preventing just one case of COVID-19 can have an impact on reducing the total number of cases over time.
Question 14
Mr. Achebe was told that he tested positive for COVID-19. Which of the following persons would be considered a “contact” of his? Select all that apply
Mr. Achebe’s neighbor who watched television with him four days before Mr. Achebe began to feel bad
Mr. Achebe’s daughter and sons who live with him
Mr. Achebe’s neighbor who visited the house to talk with him for an hour the day before Mr. Achebe began to feel bad
Mr. Achebe’s cousin who has been leaving premade lunches for him on the front step while he has been ill.
Question 15
Ms. Kim has COVID-19 and her daughter, Olivia, took care of her when she first became ill. When you talk to Olivia, you ask her to __________ as she has been exposed to Ms. Kim and could become infectious. You ask Ms. Kim to ___________ so as not to infect others.
Isolate, isolate
Isolate, quarantine
Quarantine, isolate
Wear a mask, quarantine
Stop caring for her mother, isolate
Question 16
Jordan has coronavirus and tells you their cough began on May 10. What date would be the earliest possible day that they could end their isolation?
May 20
May 17
May 24
Question 17
You are talking to Mr. Reyes, who tested positive for COVID-19 and tells you his symptoms began on July 1. During a regular follow up call on July 11, he reports that he hasn’t had a fever in 2 days and that most of his symptoms are completely gone. Which statement is correct?
Even though he is feeling better and it has been ten days since his symptoms started, Mr. Reyes should stay in isolation since he still has some symptoms.
He is able to safely end isolation, since ten days have passed since his symptoms began, his other symptoms have improved, and he has not had a fever for at least 24 hours.
You apologize to him because he should not have been in isolation this long. He could have stopped isolating as soon as he started to feel better.
He is able to safely end isolation, since ten days have passed since his symptoms began.
Question 18
When talking to a case and identifying their contacts, what suggestion might you make to help them remember activities that they did recently?
The case could look at social media or their text messages to help them remember.
You could ask the case to talk with their friends and call you back right away.
The case could three-way call their family to help them remember.
Question 19
What is the first step of calling a case?
Ask about their symptoms
Understand their barriers to isolation
Ask about their contacts
Introduce yourself as calling from the health department
Question 20
Mr. Chowdury attended a gathering on June 1 where he was in close contact with a case of COVID-19. Assuming that Mr. Chowdury does not develop any symptoms, when can Mr. Chowdury safely end his quarantine?
June 11
June 15
June 8
Question 21
Which of the following are venues or scenarios where SARS-CoV-2 can be transmitted very efficiently to many people? Select all that apply
A restaurant where they offer curbside pick up
A college dormitory
A shelter for the homeless
A large public park where a few families are playing separately
A nursing home
Question 22
What question(s) might you ask to better understand the beginning and end of the infectious period for someone ill with COVID-19? Select all that apply
What date did your fever stop without any medications?
Before you got sick, what did you do and who did you see?
Do you have romantic partners?
Do you have diabetes or hypertension?
What date did you first start to feel ill?
Question 23
In which of the following scenarios would a person be considered a contact of a case? Select all that apply
Person who did not use gloves to pick up a used tissue of the case and then did not wash their hands after
People in the same household as the case
Person who talked with the case in their homes for 8 minutes
Person who dropped off medications in the case’s mailbox
Question 24
Which of the following are resources that someone might need in order to successfully isolate or quarantine themselves? Select all that apply
Medicine
A ride to the grocery store
Food
A place to live separately from other people in their household
Laundry services
Question 25
Which of the following statements is true about contact tracing? Select all that apply
Contact tracing is a standard public health tool used for many decades to control the spread of many different infectious diseases
Contact tracing is a new strategy that has been developed to fight the COVID-19 pandemic
Contact tracing was used to control and end a large outbreak of Ebola in West Africa
Question 26
If contact tracing serves as a public good and is based on the principles of justice, which of the following is true?
Contact tracers cannot ask people to isolate or quarantine because this violates the idea of justice.
It is okay to not follow up with contacts who are elderly and may have difficulty speaking with you by phone.
You must attempt to identify and trace all contacts, regardless of where they live or who they are.
Question 27
In your role as a contact tracer, you will ask cases about private information. Imagine that you are interviewing Mr. Lawrence, a 45-year-old computer programmer. Examples of relevant and private information you might ask him could include:
Select all that apply
Who the person spent time with while they were ill
Whether they visited other people recently
Who visited their house right before they were ill
Which college they attended
Question 28
The difference between private and confidential information is that:
Confidential information includes information about a person’s medical history, including a positive COVID-19 test
Confidential information about a case or contact can be shared with their family and friends, but private information cannot be shared with anyone else
Contact tracers will learn confidential but not private information during their calls
Question 29
When you are talking to a contact, they disclose to you that they are an undocumented worker. In this scenario you should:
Notify your supervisor immediately. Contact tracing is a service that is only available for citizens.
Nothing special. Inform them that they had close contact of someone with COVID-19.
Remind them that they should not be working without the proper paperwork.
Question 30
Some technologies used in case investigation and contact tracing include:
Select all that apply
Automated text messages that ask cases and contacts about their symptoms daily
Apps that can check people’s temperature while they sleep
Phones that beep when someone with COVID-19 is nearby
Automatically sending cases or contacts links to social services to help them isolate and quarantine
Question 31
Why is building rapport with cases and contacts important for contact tracing?
Select all that apply
To help educate them about SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19
To help collect complete, accurate information from them
To help increase the chances that they will effectively isolate and quarantine.
To help them understand that you are in charge
Question 32
Is the following a need or an emotion?
“I don’t have a safe place to live right now.”
Emotion
Need
Question 33
Is this an open, closed, probing or leading question?
“Did you have a sore throat yesterday?”
Probing
Leading
Closed
Open
Question 34
You are speaking to a case and explaining that they will likely need to isolate for several more days. They respond by saying, “No way! I can’t do that. I need to go to work” Which option would be the best response?
“I hear you when you say you need to go to work. This is difficult for everyone. What other reasons will make it difficult for you to stay home for this long?”
“I know, it’s really difficult to do so maybe it’d be OK if you didn’t.”
“I’m sorry but we need you to do this.”
Question 35
Is this an open, closed, probing or leading question?
“You said that you were feeling unwell today. What symptoms are you having?”
Select all that apply
Open
Leading
Closed
Probing
Question 36
Is this an open, closed, probing or leading question?
“You didn’t have a fever, did you?”
Select all that apply
Probing
Open
Closed
Leading
Question 37
In the following exchange, which active listening tool is Jacob using: paraphrasing or reflecting?
Contact: Geez, how could I be sick? I’ve been doing everything I can to avoid this. You’ve got to be kidding me!”
Jacob: You’re angry that you spent time nearby someone with coronavirus and upset that this is happening.
Jacob: You’re angry that you spent time nearby someone with coronavirus and upset that this is happening.
Paraphrasing
Reflecting
Question 38
Which of the following statements might build rapport with a case or contact?
Select all that apply
“Why did you do that?”
“I know how you feel”
“I hear you when you say”
“I know what you mean”
Question 39
A case answers the phone and does not appear to speak English. They hand the phone to their teenage daughter. What should you do?
Thank the daughter and accept her help to translate the conversation so that you can quickly gather the names of their close contacts
Thank the daughter for her offer but let her know that you will need to use a translation service to talk to her dad
Question 40
Jacob is sick with COVID-19. He does not control who comes into his home because he lives with roommates. What next steps could a contact tracer take to help Jacob?
Insist that Jacob stay in his basement but still use the shared kitchen and bathroom.
Offer to talk with Jacob’s housemates so that you can explain the importance of the situation.
Assist Jacob with connecting to resources that could find him another living situation while he is able to infect others.
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